'''Dragon pox''' is a potentially fatal contagious disease that occurs in [[Wizards|wizards and witches]]. Its symptoms are presumably similar to [[Muggle]] illnesses like [[Wikipedia:Smallpox|smallpox]] and [[Wikipedia:Chickenpox|chickenpox]]. However, in addition to leaving the victim's skin pockmarked, dragon pox causes a lasting greenish tinge.<ref name="dh2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch 2</ref> Simpler cases present with a green-and-purple rash between the toes and sparks coming out of the nostrils when the patient sneezes.<ref>''[[Daily Prophet Newsletters]]''</ref>

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'''Dragon pox''' is a potentially fatal contagious disease that occurs in [[Wizards|wizards and witches]]. Its symptoms are presumably similar to [[Muggle]] illnesses like [[Wikipedia:Smallpox|smallpox]] and [[chicken pox]]. However, in addition to leaving the victim's skin pockmarked, dragon pox causes a lasting greenish tinge.<ref name="dh2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch 2</ref> Simpler cases present with a green-and-purple rash between the toes and sparks coming out of the nostrils when the patient sneezes.<ref>''[[Daily Prophet Newsletters]]''</ref>

The first person known to have died from dragon pox was [[Chauncey Oldridge]] in [[1370s|1379]].<ref>[[Chocolate Frog Cards|Famous Wizard Card]] (Chauncey Oldridge)</ref> Two centuries earlier, in the [[1100s]], [[Gunhilda Kneen]] was recorded as only having to forgo playing [[Chaser]] in a [[Quidditch]] match when she came down with a "touch" of the sickness.<ref>''Quidditch Through the Ages</ref>

The first person known to have died from dragon pox was [[Chauncey Oldridge]] in [[1370s|1379]].<ref>[[Chocolate Frog Cards|Famous Wizard Card]] (Chauncey Oldridge)</ref> Two centuries earlier, in the [[1100s]], [[Gunhilda Kneen]] was recorded as only having to forgo playing [[Chaser]] in a [[Quidditch]] match when she came down with a "touch" of the sickness.<ref>''Quidditch Through the Ages</ref>

Dragon pox is a potentially fatal contagious disease that occurs in wizards and witches. Its symptoms are presumably similar to Muggle illnesses like smallpox and chicken pox. However, in addition to leaving the victim's skin pockmarked, dragon pox causes a lasting greenish tinge.[1] Simpler cases present with a green-and-purple rash between the toes and sparks coming out of the nostrils when the patient sneezes.[2]